Breakfast · Muffins & breakfast bakes
Keto sausage and egg breakfast casserole
The make-ahead brunch classic without the hash browns: browned breakfast sausage, sweet peppers and spinach set in a savoury egg custard under a layer of sharp cheddar. It reheats well, so one pan covers breakfast for days.
- Time
- 82 min (20 prep + 62 cook)
- Servings
- 8
- Per serving
- 324 kcal
- Protein
- 23 g
Ingredients
- 1 lb raw turkey breakfast sausage, bulk, or casings removed
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 medium red bell peppers, diced
- 3 large handfuls baby spinach
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 10 large eggs
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350°F and grease a 23 × 33 cm (9 × 13-inch) baking dish.
- Warm the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and brown the sausage for 6-8 minutes, breaking it up, until no pink remains and it reaches 165°F. Add the peppers and cook 4 minutes, then stir in the spinach and green onion until wilted and the pan is nearly dry. Spread evenly in the dish.
- Whisk the eggs, milk, cream, salt, pepper and garlic powder and pour over the sausage.
- Scatter the cheddar on top and bake 35-40 minutes, until puffed, golden and set in the centre, 160°F.
- Rest for 10 minutes before cutting into 8. It keeps 4 days in the fridge and reheats in 1-2 minutes in the microwave, or freeze slices for 3 months.
Good to know
Can I assemble it the night before?
Yes. Cover and refrigerate it unbaked, then add 10 minutes to the bake because it goes in cold.
Can I use pork sausage?
Yes, it is the traditional choice. Cook it to 160°F and pour off the fat after browning, at about 33 instead of 42.
Per
- Calories
- 193
- Protein
- (30%)
- 14 g
- Fat
- (65%)
- 14 g
- Carbohydrates
- (6%)
- 3 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- <1 g
- Sodium
- 486 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 2593 kcal goes into the pot and 1584 g of ingredients comes out as about 1344 g of food: 193 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.